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- Dictionaryde·test/dəˈtest/
verb
- 1. dislike intensely: "of all birds the carrion crow is the most detested by gamekeepers"
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Learn the meaning, synonyms, and usage of the verb detest, which means to feel intense and often violent antipathy toward something or someone. See examples of detest in sentences and related words and articles.
Detest means to hate someone or something very much. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, see synonyms and antonyms, and explore its pronunciation and translations.
If you detest something, you dislike it intensely. The word can apply to things and also to people. You might detest your ex-boyfriend and you might also detest rainy Mondays and broccoli.
Detest means to hate someone or something very much. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, with synonyms and antonyms, and see examples from the Cambridge Dictionary and other sources.
Detest definition: to feel abhorrence of; hate; dislike intensely.. See examples of DETEST used in a sentence.
Learn the meaning, synonyms, pronunciation and usage of the verb 'detest', which means to dislike intensely or hate. See examples of 'detest' in sentences and compare it with other words.
Detest is a verb that means to hate somebody or something very much. It is not used in the progressive tenses. See the pronunciation, picture, example sentences and synonyms of detest.
